LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is in touch with the parties involved in the months-long detention of journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo. Segun Showunmi, Atiku’s spokesperson gave the hint in a post on his official Twitter handle: @SegunShowunmi on Saturday. The former Vice President’s aide wrote: “The Agba Jalingo case is…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation stayed dormant for three consecutive months as they processed no drop of crude oil, latest report on the operations of the facilities has shown. An analysis of the consolidated operations of the refineries showed that the plants were dormant in July, August…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara state government says it has uncovered a 119-year-old (name withheld) on its payroll even as it planned to drag a total of 108 civil servants to court for receiving double salary in different ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabi’u Garba, disclosed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A campaign has started to seek justice for a student of LASU, Favour Daley, who was allegedly killed and eaten by her friend and his mom with the help of a prophet for ritual. According to Omojola Omotayo, who shared the story to call for #JusticeForFavour, the 22-year-old final year student of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unsuccessful Mpape, Abuja robbery suspects that were arrested yesterday after being circled in First bank for some hours before police arrived have been paraded and they made shocking revelations. According to media report, the inside man for the Abuja money heist appears to be the branch manager of the First Bank…
LAGOS DECEMBR 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two victims were killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded Texas church on Sunday morning before he was shot to death by two armed parishioners, including a security guard, officials told ABC News. The shooting occurred at 10:57 a.m. at the West Freeway Church of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Lagos expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s current debt profile and warned the Federal Government against “impending bankruptcy.” Obasanjo was a keynote speaker at the “Why I am Alive” campaign celebration in Lagos on Friday. Nigeria’s external debt, he said, grew by as much as 700 percent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A heartbroken Nigerian-British woman whose two children and husband drowned at a Costa Del Sol hotel in Spain has said they all knew how to swim, contradicting earlier accounts. Olubunmi Diya instead said she believed ‘something was wrong with the pool’. Olubunmi’s husband Gabriel and children Comfort and Praise-Emmanuel died in the…
